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“Web designers need to understand the differences between functional design and aesthetic design but, even more importantly, they need to know how to make them work together. It’s combining these elements of design successfully that makes for the best web design in the world.”

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Yes, functionality comes first and everything should be built around the content. If this is done successfully, then any style (read: fart) will make sense. As long as ‘content is king’, style and aesthetics are ephemeral elements and rely on pure taste of any given moment, which I’m not suggesting are not an important part of the equation.